Scaling Problem of The Element in My Stencil!

[barrygchen]

Hi Experts there,

I am trying to create some customized shapes in the stencil so we can use these shape templates in our design work later. One of the items that I am working on is the date entry control. I have put a textbox there, which can accept keyboard input, and also an image that has spinner in it (simulate a dropdown where a user can pick a date). The problem is when I stretch the shape horizontally, the width of the spinner box is also stretched. If the spinner is grouped together with the textbox and the spinner is scaled with the textbox (but I do not want the spinner to change its size at all). If spinner is not grouped with the textbox, although the spinner does not change its width, the gap between the right side of the spinner and the right side of the textbox is widened and it looks bad. I have tried a lot of ways, like grouping, scaling, etc., but it does not help.

Did I do something wrong here? Is there a way to solve this problem? I am not well-versed with Visio, but I suppose there might be a way to get around this.

Thank you very much!

-B

 

[johnwm]

Why not simply use the DateTime Picker control from MSCOMCT2.OCX, or even the Calendar control. Both are a lot easier to use for the programmer, and avoid confusion with date formats for the user

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